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Council reviews draft community survey as part of strategic planning cohort process
Summary
Council members reviewed a draft community survey and the Coraggio-led strategic planning process; staff sought direction on a 10-item limit for asset questions, wording changes (for example, clarifying 'demographic shifts'), distribution lists and a January 21–February 4 launch window for the survey.
City staff presented a draft community survey developed with the Coraggio Group for North Bend’s strategic planning process and asked the council to refine wording and distribution prior to a planned launch window. The staff presenter described a two-step engagement approach: an initial online survey asking residents to pick up to 10 community assets and to list three words describing the city in 10 years, followed by two in-person planning work sessions scheduled for February and March.
Staff asked the council to limit the assets list to no more than 10 choices so the survey remains short and easy for residents. Councilors debated specific items and phrasing: they discussed removing a line that read as “dedicated community views,” clarifying “demographic shifts” to ensure respondents understand the prompt, and changing “resource limitations” to “financial resource limitations.” The presenter recommended making “resident” the first option in the survey’s self-identification question so the sequence better reflects likely respondents.
The presenter summarized distribution channels under consideration: email lists for city employees and elected officials, a business email list, library and school district contacts, site QR codes and the city website. Staff noted a narrow launch window and said the Coraggio Group would convert the final draft into SurveyMonkey links; the anticipated launch period shown in materials is January 21 through February 4. Councilors emphasized maximizing outreach — including QR codes and water-bill inserts if timing permits — and noted prior survey experience (a parks master plan effort that yielded 458 responses) when discussing expected participation rates.
Councilors and staff also reviewed ranking and urgency questions that will ask respondents to prioritize the issues they want city government to address, and confirmed that emergency preparedness remains largely a county responsibility though the city maintains and tests its own plan. The council did not take a formal vote on the survey language in the transcripted segment; staff indicated they would finalize wording and return the survey materials to the Coraggio Group for distribution.
